From огуро́къ (ohurók, “cucumber”) + -ець (-ecʹ). Compare Middle Russian огуре́цъ (oguréc), whence modern Russian огуре́ц (oguréc).
огурецъ or огуре́ць • (ohurecʹ or ohurécʹ) m inan
url=oguretsPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “огурецъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 383